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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
3
An expert explains opal judging focusing on color as the key quality. Red fire and combinations with yellow blue or green are prized, blue alone valued, green rare unless vivid with strong pattern. True color without streaks matters. patterns like harlequin and pin ore affect desirability.
The Syracuse Post Standard recounts Grant’s early command failures and fears during the Civil War. It notes a 6-6 tally at Palmyra Missouri and a mistaken enemy surround, then describes Grant’s later realization Marines feared an ax as much as he did. He recalls never doubting his troops again, though anxiety persisted.
A village piper named Donald struggles with a stubborn bagpipe during a visit to a laird. After whisky loosens the leather, the instrument still malfunctions. Donald quips that the pipes require a special blow, while the laird jokes about the pipe’s peculiar taste and timing.
A New York instrument by Dr Lombard shows women run about three quarters to one degree warmer than men. Children are notably warmer than adults, with younger children warmer still. The left side of the body tends to be hotter and curves downward from the shoulder to the hip.
An excerpt shows Miss Guah engaging Mr Johns in dialogue about botany and plants. The exchange shifts as Mr Johns reveals an interest in machinery plants, leaving Miss Guah mystified before understanding.
The text traces Alabama capitals from St Stephens while territory, to Huntsville hosting the 1819 constitutional convention and first legislature, to Cahaba in 1820, then Tuscaloosa in 1825, and finally Montgomery in 1816.
A Chicago News excerpt discusses metallic odors with tin and other metals emitting distinct smells. It notes uranium as a strong smelling substance and mentions Becquerel rays as streams of tiny corpuscles. The fragment ends with a stray remark about social behavior.
The article contrasts aquatic carnivores with the food chain from water plants to fish eaten by humans and animals. It notes micro organisms fueling aquatic life and jokes on ecological parallels and then discusses fish speeds from porpoises to dolphins and whales, citing rates from ten to sixteen miles per hour and up to forty miles briefly.
A recalled court scene shows Sir Peter Tills famed for courtesy to prisoners. An incorrigible offender asks to speak before a twelve month sentence, is granted time, and then points to the mendicity officer asking if he is an ugly beggar. The judge laughs but upholds the sentence.
The Blenheim Madonna, a Raphael work from 1507, has been valued at no less than £70,000. The eight foot high painting depicts the Madonna and Child on a throne with St John the Baptist and St Nicholas of Bari, and is famed as one of the artist’s best preserved works.
A boy going bald from fright is discussed as unbelievable by some, while others cite cases. Dr Pozzi of Paris treated a fashionable woman frightened at a lonely villa by her husband who suffered hydrophobia, causing her to become paralyzed and lose all hair in ensuing days.
Eskimo wrestling is described as a test of strength rather than skill. Two wrestlers sit facing opposite directions with arms locked and try to straighten the other's arm, a traditional prelude to gambling matches amplified by local curiosity.
An impatient woman jokes about missing the first act while awaiting her mother as a man counters with a tart remark. The exchange turns playful with a sudden realization and a joyful exclamation from the woman, highlighting a domestic moment reported by the Philadelphia Press.
An old remark attributed to the first Lord Baltimore describes an excursion to view a ship he calls a fine vessel. He jokes about his own misusage of language and notes the ship as a standout craft, saying there is no idiom for how well he claims to have enjoyed the sight.
A fragmented quote from a local column questions the idea of dictating gratitude. The brief note hints at public discussion about personal outlooks and social expectations within the community.
University notes list President Holden visiting New York for university business and multiple alumni and guests passing through Wooster during vacation. The new Hanna bell for Memorial Chapel, weighing about 2200 pounds, is installed and to be dedicated in February with Dr Minton expected to preach.
Sabbath upon so growth on his neck. It was not serious and Dr. Nelgon is doing well. Westminster church will hold their weekly prayer meeting in the Library for the present. E E. Stoll of Adelphi College New York City is the holiday guest of Lia parents on Deall avenue. Supt John C Welday of Solon schools is spending two weeks vacation with his parents in Bloomington. W D Noyes of Auburn Seminary Auburn N Y is spending the vacation at Livingston Home. Oscar Hills O l reached his Wooster home on Thursday noon from his studies in the medical department of the University of Philadelphia. Dr O A Hilla will preach in the United Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning.
Dr R B Moore of Vineland New Jersey boosted the effort by adding one thousand dollars to the building fund last week.
Public notice announces W A Smith offers a public gala at Home Farm on Thursday January 12 1902. Items include a general purpose horse driving horse 66 years old 6 cattle 5 milch cows one Durham heifer calf one Berkshire brood sow 6 shoats 7 spring lambs farming machinery wheat in ground and household goods. Sale begins 10 am with auctioneer G T Silver.
Readable fragments describe various train lines, townhouses, and travel routes with mentions of Cleveland, Columbus, Alliance, Orrville, Canton, and New York. Details are garbled but reference timetables, departures, and fare notes across multiple cities and divisions.
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